Almost 75% Of D.C. Metro Riders Expecting Transitpocalypse, Survey Says

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Almost 75% Of D.C. Metro Riders Expecting Transitpocalypse, Survey Says
June 3rd 2016


Leading local transit app Moovit recently surveyed its Washington, D.C. users about upcoming Metro closings and found significant anxiety among public transit riders – not surprising considering 45% of those surveyed use the Metro daily. With heavy-use lines experiencing closures throughout the summer and autumn months, the Washington Metro Area Transit Authority predicts hundreds of thousands of week-day trips will be affected. According to Moovit, 49% of users surveyed said they were “very concerned” about the shutdowns and 23% said they were “concerned.” The closure that is by far causing anxiety for the largest number of people is the red line shutdown with 49% saying that will most impact them.

Survey results also show that the closures won’t just be a headache for the 67% of riders who rely on the Metro to get to work. At least 40% of respondents report using the Metro in their leisure time – possibly accounting for the 69% who said they use the system at least once or twice a week – for activities such as going to concerts, sporting events, bars and clubs or just visiting with friends and family. If they are close enough, Moovit’s bike share option might be especially useful for the last activity.

The transit app, which combines real-time information from both public transit operators and live crowdsourced data from users, aims to ease those concerns and take away some of the pain the service disruptions will likely cause. ...............(more)

https://www.alexandrianews.org/2016/06/almost-75-of-d-c-metro-riders-expecting-transitpocalypse-survey-says/

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1. But the oligarchs want to demoish public transit just like they've

demolished public education and democratic voting.